Oracle’s
record-setting configuration delivers 53 percent improvement upon the
previous best two processor result and showcases the performance of Sun Fire x86 servers, based on new Intel® Xeon® E5 processors, running Oracle software across multiple tiers(2).

At the application tier, the compact Sun Fire X4170 M3 server
equipped with two new Intel Xeon E5-2690 2.9 GHz processors and running
Oracle WebLogic Server with Oracle Linux delivered more than double the
performance of IBM’s 2-socket servers based on either x86 or POWER
architectures that were running WebSphere Application server software
(3).

For the past decade, Oracle has consistently produced record-setting
Java application server benchmarks across a broad range of hardware
architectures and operating systems (6,7). For more information on
Oracle’s leading results, visit: http://www.oracle.com/benchmarks